B.S., Biology, College of Charleston, 1990

M.S., Biological Oceanography, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 1992
Advisor: Lawrence B. Cahoon

PhD, Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, 1998
Co-advisors: Neal E. Blair and Lawrence B. Cahoon

TEACHING AND RESEARCH AREAS

My research interests include animal-sediment interactions, early diagenesis of organic matter, isotope geochemistry and fluxes of inorganic materials across the sediment-water interface.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Thomas, C.J. and N.E. Blair 2002. Transport and digestive alteration of uniformly 13C-labeled diatoms in mudflat sediments. Journal of Marine Research 60: 517.

Thomas, C.J., N.E. Blair, M.J. Alperin, D.J. DeMaster, R.A. Jahnke, S.C. Martens, L. Mayer. 2002. Organic carbon deposition on the North Carolina Continental Slope off Cape Hatteras (USA) Deep Research II 49:4687.

DeMaster, D.J., C.J. Thomas, N.E. Blair, W.L. Fornes, G. Plaia, and L.A. Levin. 2002. Deposition of Bomb 14C in continental slop sediments of the mid-Atlantic Bight: Assessing organic matter sources and burial rates. In press: Deep-Sea Research II 49: 4667.

Thomas, C.J. and L.B. Cahoon. 1993. Stable isotope analyses differentiated between different trophic pathways supporting rocky-reef fishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 95: 19-24.